The English Anthem Collection, Vol. 1 / Harper - Magdalen College Choir Oxford

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Album Summary

Conductor

• Harper, John

Ensembles

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• Magdalen College Choir Oxford

Composers

• John Stainer (1840 - 1901)
• Charles Wood (Choral Composer) (1886 - 1926)
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
• Herbert Howells (1892 - 1983)
• William Byrd (Composer) (1543 - 1623)
• Bernard Rose (Choral Conductor) (1916 - 1996)
• Richard Farrant (circa 1525-1530 - 1580)
• William H. Harris (1883 - 1973)
• Thomas Tallis (Composer) (circa 1505 - 1585)
• John Tavener (Composer) (1944 - )
• Thomas Weelkes (1575 - 1623)
• Kenneth Leighton (1929 - 1988)
• Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
• William Boyce (1711 - 1779)
• Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810 - 1876)
• Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 - 1924)
• Edward Bairstow (1874 - 1946)
• Gerald Finzi (1901 - 1956)
• William Walton (Composer) (1902 - 1983)
• Thomas Morley (circa 1557 - 1602)
• John Joubert (1927 - )
• Philip van Wilder (1500 - 1553)
• Jonathan Harvey (1939 - 2012)
• John Sheppard (Composer) (1515 - 1558)
• Richard Rodney Bennett (Composer) (1936 - 2012)
• Thomas Tomkins (1572 - 1656)
• William Croft (1678 - 1727)
• Jonathan Battishill (1738 - 1801)
• Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley (1825 - 1889)
• Hubert Parry (1848 - 1918)
• John Ireland (British Composer) (1879 - 1962)
• Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934)
• Roy James Stewart
• John Farmer (circa 1570 - after 1601)
• Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)
• Christopher Tye (1505 - 1572)
• Lennox Berkeley (1903 - 1989)
• Orlando Gibbons (17th cent. Composer) (1583 - 1625)
• John Harper
• John Blow (Composer) (1649 - 1708)
• Maurice Greene (18th cent. Composer) (1696 - 1755)
• Thomas Attwood (1765 - 1838)

Notes & Reviews:

A superb collection of English liturgical music spanning 450 years of Anthems, from Tallis, Byrd, and Gibbons to the present day. 67 magnificent tracks, totaling five hours, in a handsome four-disc set!

"High overall standard... An astonishing achievement... These look back to the very roots of English church music... They bring a powerfully committed response from the Magdalen Choristers and the whole program is superbly sung in what is surely an ideal acoustic." -Penguin Guide, 3 Stars

"This anthology strikes a blow for progress... The English anthem comes of age at last." -Gramophone

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: Magdalen College Chapel.

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Works Details

Byrd, William : Liber primus sacrarum cantionum :: "Let not Thy wrath" & "O Lord, turn thy wrath"), motet for 5 voices (SAT

• Conductor: John Harper
• Ensemble: Magdalen College Choir Oxford
• Running Time: 8 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Choral

Byrd, William : Teach me, O Lord

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 3 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Choral

Byrd, William : Exalt thyself, O God, anthem for 6 voices

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 4 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Choral

Morley, Thomas : Out of the deep I, anthem for 6 voices

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 3 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Morley, Thomas : Nolo mortem peccatoris

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 2 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Farmer, John : The Lord's Prayer

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 1 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Farrant, Richard : Hide Not Thou Thy Face for chorus

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 1 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Wilder, Philip van : Blessed art Thou, anthem for chorus

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 3 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Choral

Tye, Christopher : I will exalt Thee, anthem for chorus

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 5 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Choral

Tallis, Thomas : I call and cry to thee

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 3 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: 1575

Tallis, Thomas : Purge me, O Lord :: "Fond youth is but a bubble"), anthem for 4 voices

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 1 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Tallis, Thomas : O Lord, give thy Holy Spirit, anthem for 4 voices

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 1 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: circa 1570

Sheppard, John : The Lord's prayer

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 3 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Byrd, William : Sing joyfully unto God our strength

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 3 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: circa 1590

Gibbons, Orlando : O Lord, in thy wrath rebuke me not

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 3 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Gibbons, Orlando : O Lord, I lift my heart to thee, anthem for 5 voices

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 1 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Weelkes, Thomas : Hosanna to the Son of David

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 2 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Weelkes, Thomas : O Lord, arise into thy resting place

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 3 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Tomkins, Thomas : Then David Mourned, for 5 voices & organ

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 3 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Choral

Tomkins, Thomas : O Praise the Lord All Ye Heathen

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 4 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Choral

Blow, John : My God, my God, look upon me, full anthem for chorus & organ

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 4 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1697

Purcell, Henry : I was glad when they said unto me, anthem for 5 voices & continuo (prev. attrib. to John Blow)

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 4 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1685

Purcell, Henry : Hear my prayer, O Lord

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 2 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: circa 1681

Purcell, Henry : O God, Thou hast cast us out, anthem for 2 sopranos, 2 altos, tenor, bass, 6-part chorus & organ, Z.

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 4 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: circa 1681

Purcell, Henry : Remember not, Lord, our offences, Z 50

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 3 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: circa 1681

Croft, William : God Is Gone Up with a Merry Noise

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 4 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral

Green, Maurice : Lord, Let Me Know Mine End, anthem for chorus

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 6 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1725-1730

Boyce, William : O Where Shall Wisdom Be Found, anthem

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 7 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1769

Battishill, Jonathan : O Lord, Look Down from Heaven, anthem for chorus & organ

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 4 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Choral

Attwood, Thomas : Come, Holy Ghost, hymn

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 3 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral

Wesley, Samuel Sebastian : Blessed be the God and Father

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 8 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1833/1884

Ouseley, Frederick Arthur Gore : Is it nothing to you?, anthem for chorus

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral

Ouseley, Frederick Arthur Gore : O Saviour of the World, for chorus & organ

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 2 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Wesley, Samuel Sebastian : The Wilderness and the Solitary Place, for chorus & organ

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 14 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1832

Stainer, John : I saw the Lord

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 7 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral

Stanford, Charles Villiers : The Lord Is My Shepherd

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 10 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1886

Stanford, Charles Villiers : Glorious and Powerful God, Op. 135/3

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 4 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Parry, Charles Hubert : Songs (6) of Farewell :: no 1, My soul, there is a country

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 3 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Wood, Charles : O Thou, the central orb

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 4 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: circa 1914-1915

Wood, Charles : Hail, gladdening light

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 3 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1919

Wood, Charles : Expectans Expectavi

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 4 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Bairstow, Edward : Blessed city, heavenly Salem

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 9 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1914

Bairstow, Edward : Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence for chorus & orchestra/organ

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 3 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1925

Ireland, John : Greater love hath no man

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 6 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1912

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : Whitsunday Hymn ("Come, Holy Spirite, most blessed Lorde"), for baritone or tenor, chorus & orchestr

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 3 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1929

Finzi, Gerald : Welcome, sweet and sacred feast, anthem for chorus, Op. 27/3

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 8 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Choral

Holst, Gustav : The Evening-watch, for chorus, Op. 43/1, H. 159

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 4 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1924

Howells, Herbert : Anthems (4) for Chorus

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 5 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1941

Walton, William : Set me as a seal upon thine heart

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 3 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1938

Stewart, Roy James : King of Glory, King of Peace, anthem for chorus

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 3 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Choral

Rose, Bernard : Praise ye the Lord, anthem for chorus

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 2 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Choral

Joubert, John : O Lorde, the Maker of All Things, anthem for chorus & organ, Op 7b

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 3 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1952

Britten, Benjamin : Hymn to St Peter, Op. 56a

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 5 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1955

Harris, William H. : Bring Us, O Lord God, for chorus

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 3 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1959

Harvey, Jonathan : Come Holy Ghost, plainsong hymn

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 6 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1984

Harvey, Jonathan : The Tree, for chorus & organ

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 4 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Howells, Herbert : Thee will I love

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 5 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1970

Howells, Herbert : Come, My Soul for chorus

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 4 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1976

Berkeley, Lennox : Thou hast made me, for chorus & organ, Op. 55/1

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 6 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1960

Tavener, John : Hymns (2) to the Mother of God :: Hymn to the Mother of God

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 3 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1985

Bennett, Richard R. : Verses, for chorus

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 1 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1964

Harper, John : Salve regina, for chorus

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 4 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Choral

Harper, John : Ubi caritas, for chorus

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 4 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1988

Leighton, Kenneth : Drop, Drop, Slow Tears

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 3 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Leighton, Kenneth : Give Me the Wings of Faith, for soloists, chorus & organ

• Conductor: John Harper
• Running Time: 5 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Modern